A "Hobson's choice" is a choice where only one option is actually offered, the classic "take it or leave it." This blog is dedicated to exploring how we as entrepreneurs can do better than "take it or leave it."

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I just saw the image below on dataviz and was astounded. The image clearly and dramatically shows the non-linear relationship between the quality of a wine (as defined by Gary Vaynerchuk’s rating out of 100) and its price. A couple

I just saw the image below on dataviz and was astounded. The image clearly and dramatically shows the non-linear relationship between the quality of a wine (as defined by Gary Vaynerchuk’s rating out of 100) and its price. A couple

I’ve been thinking about raising money for my consumer startup (BIOBLISS) and put together the infographic below to summarize my preliminary findings. What did I miss? What firms need to be added, deleted or moved?

I’ve been thinking about raising money for my consumer startup (BIOBLISS) and put together the infographic below to summarize my preliminary findings. What did I miss? What firms need to be added, deleted or moved?

As almost everyone is aware at this point, some person or group, for some unknown reason, exploded two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday, killing three people and injuring over 140 more. Thankfully, no one in

As almost everyone is aware at this point, some person or group, for some unknown reason, exploded two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon yesterday, killing three people and injuring over 140 more. Thankfully, no one in

I’ve been thinking (my wife hates it when I start a sentence this way…) that it would be helpful for non-MBA types who are doing a startup to have a basic financial model that they can copy and customize. So

I’ve been thinking (my wife hates it when I start a sentence this way…) that it would be helpful for non-MBA types who are doing a startup to have a basic financial model that they can copy and customize. So

I just finished reading Walter Isaacson’s amazing book, Steve Jobs. So how’s this for an entrepreneurial career? You help to invent the personal computer industry (Mac). You then reinvent, in succession, the animated movie industry (Pixar), the music industry (iPod

I just finished reading Walter Isaacson’s amazing book, Steve Jobs. So how’s this for an entrepreneurial career? You help to invent the personal computer industry (Mac). You then reinvent, in succession, the animated movie industry (Pixar), the music industry (iPod

Apparently this is the ad that Ernest Shackleton placed in the London papers when he was recruiting team members for his now famous failed expedition to cross Antarctica on foot. If it is authentic, then is shows that Shackleton understood

Apparently this is the ad that Ernest Shackleton placed in the London papers when he was recruiting team members for his now famous failed expedition to cross Antarctica on foot. If it is authentic, then is shows that Shackleton understood

As a non-engineer, the term “figure of merit” was new for me when I heard it used by the scientists on our team at Bandgap Engineering. For the uninitiated, Wikipedia defines it as: A figure of merit is a quantity

As a non-engineer, the term “figure of merit” was new for me when I heard it used by the scientists on our team at Bandgap Engineering. For the uninitiated, Wikipedia defines it as: A figure of merit is a quantity